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1!! Spoilers for all HD Universe entries of the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series preceding this one, including ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned The Lost and Damned]]'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars Chinatown Wars]]'' will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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3[[caption-width-right:350:In pursuit of the almighty dollar.]]
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5-> ''"You know, I've been in this game for a lot of years... and I got out alive. If you want my advice, give this shit up."''
6-->-- ''' Michael De Santa'''
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8''Grand Theft Auto V'' is the fourth NumberedSequel and 11th overall entry in [[Creator/TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar North]]'s ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, released for the Platform/PlayStation3 and Platform/{{Xbox 360}} on 17 September 2013, with an UpdatedRerelease for Platform/PlayStation4 and Platform/XboxOne released on 18 November 2014 alongside (after a handful of delays) [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] [=PCs=] on 14 April 2015, as well as an "Expanded and Enhanced" edition released for Platform/PlayStation5 and Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS on 15 March 2022.
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10The game is set in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles pastiche of Los Santos and its surrounding countryside of Southern San Andreas based on the greater Southern UsefulNotes/{{California}}, primarily the Mojave Desert. In a first for the series (unless you count ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''[='=]s ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned Episodes from]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony Liberty City]]'' adding in new characters), the game features ''three'' playable protagonists as opposed to just one, all from different backgrounds. They are (in order of unlock[[note]]In regular gameplay. This doesn't include the initial "prologue" mission[[/note]]):
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12* Franklin Clinton, an ex-{{gang banger|s}} in his twenties who works a dead-end job as a repo man for a [[HonestJohnsDealership shady car dealership]], and lives with his sexist, ungrateful aunt in Strawberry[[note]]The game's version of Crenshaw[[/note]]. He feels trapped in the ghetto by both his job and his friends, who in turn see him as having grown "soft" and disrespectful of his roots. After a botched job repossessing the car of 20-year-old deadbeat Jimmy De Santa, Franklin meets the guy's father...
13* Michael De Santa,[[note]]Real name: Michael Townley[[/note]] an ex-{{bank robber|y}} in his late forties who, after a job gone bad, decided to {{retire|dOutlaw}}, claiming to be part of the FIB's WitnessProtection for those that know he's alive. He is now living in a mansion in Rockford Hills[[note]]The game's version of Beverly Hills[[/note]] with his unfaithful wife Amanda and their disrespectful children Tracey and Jimmy. Try as he might, he's soon forced back into crime after the stress of his home life causes him to lash out, inadvertently angering a local crime lord. Michael has a long history with...
14* Trevor Philips, an ex-[[AcePilot military pilot]] in his mid forties. The Canadian Air Force permanently grounded him due to his [[AxCrazy severe mental instability]]. Left without a cause as an on-and-off cargo pilot in the Midwest, he soon befriended Michael, which led them to be partners in crime. Unlike Michael, Trevor never retired, instead remaining a drug-abusing career criminal, living out of a trailer in the small desert town of Sandy Shores[[note]]Based on the real-life towns of Desert Shores and Salton City[[/note]] north of Los Santos, where he deals in drug-trafficking and gun-running. After he learns that Michael is alive and residing in the city nearby, he decides to track his old buddy down and partner up again.
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16Together, They ''[[InvertedTrope Cause]]'' (or '''''[[IAMTheNoun Are]]''''') Crime. Players can switch between the three at any time once they meet the characters (with a few mission-related exceptions), and a major part of gameplay is heist missions in which all three characters take part. On the fly, the player can switch between, say, the guy taking hostages inside the store, the guy sniping cops outside, and the guy rappelling down the side of the building, while the game seamlessly takes over control of the character just vacated.
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18The first teaser trailer, released in November 2011, can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkoHAzjnUs here]] and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84 second trailer]] was released a year later in 2012, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf38HiYPMiIB three new trailers]] released on 30 April 2013. More info [[http://rockstargames.com/v/ here.]]
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20Less than a month after ''GTA V''[='=]s initial release, Rockstar launched ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'', this game's {{MMORPG}}-esque multiplayer component. ''GTAO'' was marketed as a standalone product separate from ''GTAV'', although it took until the Xbox Series X|S and [=PlayStation=] 5 releases of the game for them to actually sell them as completely separate products.
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22!!"You, Trevor, are the proto-troper."
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24[[index]]
25* GrandTheftAutoV/GeneralTropes
26* GrandTheftAutoV/SinglePlayerTropes0ToD
27* GrandTheftAutoV/SinglePlayerTropesEToM
28* GrandTheftAutoV/SinglePlayerTropesNToZ
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32->''[[RetiredOutlaw "Tell you what, T... I'm getting too old for this nonsense."]]''

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